Question follow-through · 82050
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that child maintenance calculations reflect the needs of children in the paying parent's home.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that child maintenance calculations reflect the needs of children in the paying parent's home.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
Information about the paying parent's gross income is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the latest tax year available. This allows maintenance calculations to be made quickly and accurately. The amount of maintenance a paying parent mu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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